N¼nNp«³.sWäv N`À¶n^p¶p.
“”””BUyw A_n]s« tI¨n..Akav sbj Bt\ B knk^w dnKpknsW]pw tI«sW]pw A_n]n¡\w. dm¡n Ak^v So^pfmWn¡pw..AÃmsS´m? Cu k¶ Nm`¯v Cu N`ym\w Hjn]s`m¶pw k`n] hwekw AÃt¶. W½psX bÅn]n fp³bn^p¶ A¨sâ Fta sb§av Hant¨mXn tbm]n sN«n]Spw ASv HjnªSpw bns¶ Aksa H^p dnhnWhpNm^³ sN«n]Spw Hs¡ tI¨n¡v A_n]¯ntÃ? F¶n«kÀ¡v kà sNmjt¸mw Ht*m? Ckav tbm]m AkWv tks_ Wq_p bntÅs^ Nn«pw” Mm³ tI¨n¡v ssV^yw bNÀ¶p. ASv hfmVmWw WÂNn]Sv tbms` tI¨n]psX fpO¯v Blzmhw Wnj`n¨p. AWnS]psX bmUbSW lÐw M§sa WnlÐ^m¡n.
“”””F´m A¦nta..DÅnt`m«p tN_¯ntÔ
hn^Nan `i^n]p\À¯p¶ AkapsX fmUNhz^w tN«p Mm³ S`]p]À¯n. Fsâ]pÅn H^p NmfknhvtcmXWw Ss¶ hwekn¨Sv MmW_nªp. A{S]v¡v knNmt^mt¯KWw WÂNp¶ NmjvI]m]n^p¶p N×p¶nÂ. DÅnÂtbm]n tkgw fm_n] AWnS H^p ssN]nÃm¯ C_pNn] Ipk¸v Ip^nUmÀ V^n¨m\v bp_t¯s¡¯n]Sv. sNmjp¯, sk®ss¡NÄ bqÀ® WPvWw. sW©n FXpt¸msX Wn¡p¶ fp`NapsX bqÀ®S. AkÄ ssNNÄ D]À¯n Npänt^mf§Ä Wn_ª SpXp¯ N£§Ä Nm\n¨v Sj¨pkaÀ¶n^p¶ hfr²fm] fpXn fpNant`¡v Ipäns¡«pN]m]n^p¶p. B Ipk¸v Wn_¯n`pÅ tkgw AkapsX SpXp¯ IÀ½¯nsâ Wn_s¯ t{bmKz`n¸n¨p. Aksa N*Spw Np^nlp N* sINp¯msWt¸ms` tI¨n DÅnt`¡v k¨pbnXn¨p. AWnS B tbm¡v tWm¡n sI¼^¯n]psX Wn_fpÅ AV^bpgvbw bp_t¯¡v f`À¯n tPmãn Nm\n¨p. F¶n«v AtSbXn Fs¶ tWm¡n AÀ°PÀefm]n In^n¨p. hSyw b_ªm AkapsX]m f`À¶ bqknSÄ N*v skNnan bnXn¨p tbm]n^p¶p Mm³. F´v hpOfm\v ASnsâ UÀlWw tbm`pw! fU^hw Wn_ªp SpXp¯v sbm«m_m] ASok fmUNSzfpÅ AV^bpXw. f`À¯n] Ip*v A§sWSs¶ k¨v AkÄ fpXnsN«n.
“”””Wo k¶n«v tN_mw F¶v N^pSn” AkapsX fpPv²shuµ^yw tNm^n¡pXn¨psNm*v Mm³ b_ªp. {em´p bnXn¸n¡pN]m\v– AkapsX N£§apw ssNNapw.
“”””F´m Mm³ k¶ms` ANt¯m«p tNäm³ bäq F¶v f½n b_tªm?” lÐw t`lw Smjv¯n]m]n^p¶p AkapsX tImUyw. sSm* k^ap¶Sv tbms` tSm¶nt¸m]n FWn¡v. tImUy¯nWv bn¶ms`]pÅ B NŨn^n Fsâ Wn]{´\§Ä sSän¨p.
“”””f½n]ÃtÃm..Wo]tà f^ptfmÄ..sI_p¸¡m^n f^ptfmÄ DÅnX¯v A½]n]½]mt\m tNäp¶Spw C_¡p¶Spw. AkÀs¡ms¡ {bm]fm]ntÃ..” AkÄ¡v tk* f_pbXn Ss¶ Mm³ WÂNn. ASv AkÄ¡v Wt¶ hpOns¨¶v B fpOt¯¡v bXÀ¶pbnXn¨ tlm\nf]n Wn¶psfWn¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv